Why in the World did This Traveler Land in Munich
Authors . Student life(This is me at Hanging Rock in the countryside of Victoria, Australia where I lived for a year.)
Aggressive Optimism
Authors . Student lifeAggressive Optimism: A phrase frequently used by Lyric Elliott to disguise her pessimism in the face of a difficult situation, over which, she has no control or method of altering. Hello, my name is Lyric Elliott and I’d like to welcome you to the life of an almost average American with an absurd amount of
My stay in Munich at LMU
Authors . Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedI remember my first day in LMU as if it were yesterday. It was October, I didn’t knew anyone and I had a mixture of feelings between nervousness and excitement before getting into my first class. Today is 6th of August and after two very different semesters here the idea of going back home provokes
Femmes au foyer désespérée
Culture . Media . Student life . UncategorizedMy German is not the best. I will give you that. Actually my German is quite bad. It will give you that too. But my English is quite good. That, you have to hand me. Actually my fellow Danes and Scandinavians are quite good at English in general, but why? I think the answer is
Does the Erasmus exchange program really help students learn their target language?
Politics . Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedI am a German and Journalism student from London, England, and am currently doing my exchange year in Munich. For a lot of students like me, the goal of our year abroad is to study in German and make use of the opportunity to acquire as much of the target language as possible. The idea
Post-Graduate Slump
Student lifeA recent graduate, Pornsiri Sirikul, faces post-graduate slump; while, A Junior going to Senior, Ploythip Limrattamorn, trying to aid her, learns from her Senior’s experience. Loud cheers and chatters of recent graduates still rings in my ears as I walk my close senior to her car; her arms full of bouquet, presents and cards. The
“Smelly Oaks” – Student Heaven or a Dangerous First Home for Young People?
Student life . UncategorizedSelly Oak, or as it is affectionately called Smelly Oak, is a residential area in South West Birmingham. It is nestled closely next to The University of Birmingham, one of the biggest universities in the UK, and most students chose Selly Oak to be their home in their second and third years of studies.
“Our goal is to become a reference for everyone who needs a training course”
Society . Student life . UncategorizedThis is the goal of Appcademos, a new training course search platform founded by three spanish students. Nacho Campomanes (partner of Appcademos) talks about his experience as a young entrepreneur and the creating process of a Startup. What led you to the idea of wanting to undertake an adventure such as creating a new Startup? I
About my Finnish friend.
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedWhen I was told that for this blog post we had to conduct an interview, the first person that crossed my mind was my friend Konsta. The reason behind my decision was the fact that Konsta and I are very different. Coming from different countries (even continents) and cultures, our friendship emerged when we met
Home away from home?
Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedSo, this is a topic that’s close to home (quite literally), and so I thought it would be interesting to interview others with similar upbringings and see if anything differed to how I felt. I met Catherine through one of the “meet and greet” events here in Munich. Upon meeting, I would never have thought